This committee provides scientific and technical advice to the CDC, FDA and CMS on issues pertaining to clinical laboratories and the CLIA regulations. CLIAC usually meets two times a year. Minutes and presentations from each meeting can be found here.

ASCLS presents comments regarding the CDC discussions on Laboratory Safety and Quality: Lessons Learned Through the Ebola Response at the April CLIAC meeting. Our statement will be posted as part of the minutes. Read the statement now.

As many as 900,000 Americans are affected by blood clots each year and half of these are healthcare-associated. An estimated 70% of healthcare-associated blood clots are avoidable, yet fewer than half of hospitalized patients receive appropriate preventive treatment. CDC is looking for solutions for improving HA-VTE prevention.

The 2015 HA-VTE Prevention Challenge is looking for hospitals and managed care organizations that implement innovative and effective ways to prevent HA-VTE.

Nominate your organization for the chance to be awarded prizes up to $10,000, promote your strategy to help other organizations prevent HA-VTE in patients, and be named a HA-VTE Prevention Challenge Champion! The contest opens November 2, 2015.